Despite this episode containing one of the highest rated Doctor speeches, the funny thing is the epic speech he does is just him being played for a fool. The ships above weren't afraid of him or fighting against each other, they were just waiting, his whole speech was just them encouraging his ego and letting him think he was in control.
I love this speech :) but it's because of how funny the cockiness is to me. "Do the smart thing. Let someone else try first." haha! Kinda like that Taylor Swift music video for "Shake It Off." The song has trumpets, which are super cocky, but the video is her being clumsy. The trumpets make it super funny. I dunno :)
That's kinda the neat thing though. For the first time, all of the Doctor's enemies have him dead to rights. They finally figured him out enough to finally defeat him. And it's by letting him be the smartest guy in the room. The Doctor, for all his greatness, suffers from a common flaw of great men: His ego. Yeah, most of the time, it works out. And sometimes, he traps himself.
Honestly, I think they still got scared for a moment. Because he's the Doctor. What if he figured out their plan and is already preparing their destruction? Yes, they have him dead to rights. Yes, it is a perfect trap, with a perfect bait, relying on Doctor's own flaws. Yes, they are all working together. But he's THE DOCTOR.
Who could forget the daring risk of episode 5x13... the Doctor who episode with 47 minutes of black screen because the universe was destroyed and the series simply ended?!?! lol
"There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior. A nameless terrible thing soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies, the most feared being in all the cosmos." The show has pulled many big twists throughout its long history, but I never fail to be impressed by the revelation that the Pandorica was created by all these monsters to trap the Doctor. Obviously all these monsters would see the Doctor as this terrifying powerful being that would destroy everything they fight for, yet it never really occurs to you until it's finally revealed to you. I adore this episode. It's probably the best set-up for a finale that we've had, being this big, sprawling epic jammed packed with shocking twists that come along every couple of minutes. The Pandorica Opens is an emotional roller-coaster, managing to fit in some cracking jokes, a couple of scary moments (i.e. the headless Cyberman) and plenty of exhilarating punch-the-air moments before that downer of an ending. Matt Smith is at the top of his game here, with his speech to the assembled aliens being one of the high-points of his tenure, which is contrasted by his shock and desperation as the true goal of the aliens is revealed. The way the script pulls together all the strands set up over the series relating to the cracks and finally pays them off is immensely satisfying. And the ending of the episode is magnificent. All cliffhangers need to have something go wrong for our heroes, but I don't think there's actually been an ending where everything that could conceivably go wrong goes wrong: Amy is dead, killed by an Auton duplicate of her fiancé in one of the cruellest bait-and-switches of the entire series; River is trapped in the TARDIS by an unknown force that proceeds to blow up the ship, taking the entire universe with it (also kudos to Alex Kingston for managing to convey River's terror, desperation and eventual resignation throughout the sequence); and the Doctor, the only man who has the power to stop the end of the universe, is trapped in an inescapable prison by all his worst enemies in a misguided attempt to save all of creation. All of it set to one of Murray Gold's most beautiful and heartbreaking tracks. It's quite a shocking ending to this fantastic episode, and perfectly sets the stage for the finale. Brace yourselves, this is where it gets complicated...
wow, Moffat is so good at foreshadowing: "warrior", "nameless." There's even the episode called "Let's Kill Hitler," and I don't think most people understand that the point of that episode is to show how the killer views the target - as the actual worst person in all of time and space. The quote you give points to that, too! Not to mention all of the times the Doctor defeats the bad guys (Matt's first episode, in the library, with the executioners) by just saying "look me up" :)
Ironic thing is it was utterly useless. The speech was based on him misunderstanding the entire point of why they were all there and challenging them to be the first to come down and take it. They were all working together and just laughing at him, playing into his ego.
@@defiante1 The Doctor knows it's kind of pointless though,he says,"That ought to buy us about half an hour." It was just a delaying tactic,so in that respect,it did work.
@@defiante1 Not really. He did it to buy time and he did do that. I don't understand why you thought it was a failure. They were coming down and he spooked them to buy time and they got spooked and he bought time. Not enough time unfortunately but he did buy time (which was his goal).
@@HumanTypewriter Weren't they just waiting for the Pandorica to open? I think they were the ones distracting him from possibly figuring out the box is a trap..
Rory was turned into a plastic dummy made to look human. Just like Mickey in the first Eccelston episode. He's an Auton. Before you start season 6 please watch the "space and time" mini-episodes. They are a lot of fun.
Rory and the Romans were Auton/Nestien Duplicates. The thing from Rose, season 1 episode 1. The plastic people, they are living plastic not robots. They just removed the cgi that they did with Mickey in that episode because they are meant to be super realistic, which was why back then Rose didn’t notice he was plastic.
This is my favourite Eleven two-parter. The opening to the second part just heightens the mystery, rather than explaining anything, and I think that part two is even better than part one.
6:02:Yes Katrina, they did film this at the real Stonehenge. Filming was quite tricky as you are not allowed to touch the stones nor bring heavy equipment within the stone circle.
The creepiest part of this episode is when The Doctor is on the phone to River about the Romans being fake, the Romans in the background are looping the same action over and over while no-ones looking.
Rory and the soldiers were Autons. See also the first episode of the Ninth Doctor (Eccelston) and the Third Doctor (pretty sure they were introduced with Pertwee and not Troughton). Holding further potential spoiler comments for later. ;-)
@@k1productions87 Even if he doesn't say Auton in dialogue (thanks, now I have to bring out the DVD to watch the episode - which is not a bad thing), since they included the store mannequin bit as a homage to their very first appearance in Doctor Who and the hand/gun gimmick, it is very clear to long-time fans that Autons are who he and Rose are up against. 🙂
Been watching you girls for a little while now. This episode definitely hits all the feels. The way it just DROPS to silence is so good. Can't wait for the next one :D
Great reactions from the Gallifrey Gals and it's so wonderful to see Katrina's knowing glances and Paula's sudden look of realization at what's really happening!
What amazes me is that, no matter how many times we watch these shows and know exactly what is going to happen, we get just as emotional every time! That is what proves how awesome the show really is.
I love seeing people react to this. Best cliffhanger in NuWho by a mile. That final 10 minutes still gives me goosebumps and I've seen it a dozen times xD
So glad this got unblocked. I watched it on your link thingy, but for whatever reason the video played very slowly and choppy on there. What a cliffhanger! Amy dead, Rory is an Auton, the TARDIS is exploding with River inside it, the Doctor is trapped inside the Pandorica forever and every star in the universe is going supernova at the same moment. All the cliffhangers back in Season Twenty-two of the Classic series where they just zoom in on Colin Baker's face as he says, "Oh, no! Peri!" kind of fade in comparison.
The faster you can bring a run the better. As soon as I had seen rorys robot hand it immediately made me think back to the scene with Amy trying to get the robot scientist from the Churchill episode to remember his crush.
17:25 Yes. The Doctor is the one who was there at the dawn of the Daleks, tried to fight their war, ran back across the universe leading them from world to world, as he passed judgement on whole civilizations, drawing the Daleks and Cybermen with him, angering whole species, bringing his enemies with him to Gallifrey which he destroyed in the Time War. The Doctor is the most insidious and uncaring, self-centered villain in the history of pulp. Luckily, nothing matters in the Steven Moffat series so get ready to be nonplussed with the lamest dance moves since the Macarena as all of this turns out to be a completely meaningless series of cute poses.
Question to you both...idk if I missed it, but did you guys suddenly decide to stop doing DW for now? Thats the only on I watch and you're getting to the really really good parts ...😉
While of course beauty is highly subjective, thank you for acknowledging the fact that Alex Kingston is ridiculously attractive, classy and sexy (I could tell that's what you meant lol)
Love you two I'm just finishing up doctor who n watching a long with u two has been great I cry with y'all lol btw hope not inappropriate to say but you two are absolutely beautiful .
I have been following you both for awhile now. Huge DW fan and enjoying Paula's reactions. I was wondering, have you both seen Orphan Black? That would be a great reaction series if neither of you have ever seen it. It is not this type of scifi. It was categorized as scifi ,but it's like a combo of scifi, drama, comedy, horror. Crazy awesome but definitely something different but it is has almost a cult following too. Anyway, thanks for the videos!
This was the very first episode of Doctor Who I ever saw and I love it to death. Still remember sitting in class on a rain day when the teacher put this on the projector to keep us occupied, I parked my chair right in front of the screen while most of the class were just talking. After that I jumped back to Series 1 and watched it all the way through to series 5 and eventually dived into the Classic and Wilderness era stuff. Rewatching it through these reactions really reminds me how good it was and why I loved it so much. I like Rory a lot more where I just thought he was alright before. I think it's the most consistently good part of Moffat's run and benefitted from bringing in a bit more of a story arc to speculate on while mostly following the formula that came before. RTD's era was good but it did feel a bit repetitive how each arc introduced a new set of words to look out for and how a new companion came each season (didn't help that Martha was kind of a rebound companion). The rest of Moffat's run experimented a bit with the series structure splitting it into two parts for Series 6 and 7, and in Capaldi's time the show went back to what it was before and suddenly there was a whole season of multipart stories. I know this was also due to Moffat being split between different shows and not being able to find a successor but I don't think it paid off unfortunately. I do think Moffat overpromised and couldn't fully deliver on what he sets up in this finale but it's still a great ride, and he fucking nailed it with The Day of the Doctor which was a great culmination of what the RTD era and his own were trying to do.
Interesting irony that you just watched a Star Trek episode contained within the Holodeck, but its when you move onto the Doctor Who episode when you don't know what's real.
Yeah. It's especially worrying because I think this is Moffat's best season. I love series 5! However, aside from series 10 being pretty good, all of the other Moffat seasons are ok at best and terrible at worst. So it's pretty much all downhill post S5, imo. It'll be interesting for me to see how Paula will react to what's to come given her somewhat lukewarm response so far.
I'm not surprised, moffatt is more famous for his complex story arcs and less for character building or emotional payoffs... the RTD era is a simpler time but with a much more emotional punch..
We are aware! It's something our producer is fighting tooth and nail to get back up for y'all. It is a very stressful situation and I promise we are working hard to fix it!
I get when people say "well, I know they're going to be fine", but I always see it as HOW are they going to be fine? And also, it's upsetting seeing these characters we like in this situation, even though we know it's going to work out. It's like (spoilers for infinity war I guess) in infinity war, when they all turned to dust. Some of my family said it didn't have any effect on them as they knew they'd be back, but it had an effect on me dispite knowing that, because hearing the fear in Peter Parkers voice and Tony Starks reaction to losing him was the real emotional blow, not the fact that it was forever. Obviously if it were forever it would be worst, but still. Going on a rant about Marvel is pretty random, but I hope that puts across my point here. Also, just killing time before the finale reaction is uploaded
It's been so long since we saw Autons and the Nestene Consciousness on Doctor Who (since S1E1) that it took me years to realize that's what Rory was in this episode.
Eli Tuchinsky I was just thinking about this after watching the classic episodes with them. They’re terrifying. And versatile, as this episode illustrates.
Wikipedia: Pandora opened a jar left in her care containing sickness, death and many other unspecified evils which were then released into the world. Though she hastened to close the container, only one thing was left behind - Hope. 5x12: Once the Pandorica opens all hope seems lost, but there's one thing inside - The Doctor.
Great episode, it wouldn't be DW without the world ending. That would be one heck of a guest role if they got Daniel Radcliffe in the next episode lol.
I wonder if Paula remembered my question about her and the Roman Centurian as she watched this. I loved this episode but I was a little surprised when the next episode opened with Patrick Duffy daydreaming in the shower.
It's confirmed (via WoG) that basically every time-agent associated thing River has belonged to Jack first. That's his damn Squareness Gun she's using to scare romans here. It's almost certainly his vortex manipulator.
Well! The android Rory killed Amy. River was killed when the TARDIS exploded and the Doctor was trapped in the Pandorica. It's over. It's all over. By the way Amy, ooops" sorry I ment Paula. They start filming Series 13 of Doctor Who in September. Have you ever thought of writing to Chris Chibnall at the BBC, give him your details and things you have been in and asked him to consider you if they need a young American Woman?
The Pandorica Speech...not really the biggest bluff. With The Doctor, there's ALWAYS that chance he'll make good on even a universe shaking threat and they are NOT wanting to take that chance. :)
I'm nitpicking I guess but I never liked how the crack in time was supposed to erase people entirely from history when really all it did was erase memories of them. Everything in the universe carried on the same way as if they had existed up to that point.
The one big takeaway from this episode to me, is just how absolutely reckless and arrogant the Time Lords were - to make and use technology that, if malfunctioned or damaged, had the potential to erase all of existence - even a lesser issue could easily cause irreparable damage to other people or themselves. It's like they're driving around nuclear-powered cars... but infinitely worse.
If we're being honest here, it's about trying to edit certain things out because of it being blocked. Sometimes certain scenes are what trigger the block by the bots and if we remove it, we can go live with it again. So I hope you can understand!
Listen De-Ming-the-merciless is there ANY fucking chance you can pipe down a bit at the important scenes? All we ever here is 10,000 fucking questions - what? who? why? what's happening? up? down? left? right? A? B? C? Start? North or south east or west, the quest to save the land from De-ming-the-merciless goes by!!
The first time I tried to watch, you were blocked -- and I said, "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" But I'm glad you got it worked out. VERY MUCH looking forward to your reactions to the next episode. For me, it's like seeing it with new eyes. BUT -- I do NOT understand why you gals are wasting your time on dreck like STAR TREK: THE NEXT REGURGITATION. There are so many better shows that deserve your attention. Like, I'd bet that neither of you have seen the original run of THE PRISONER or the two seasons of THE AVENGERS that featured Disna Rigg as Mrs. Emma Peel. Even ENTERPRISE would be better. (Seriously, MUCH better). And I won't even mention FARSCAPE (see what I did there?).
Despite this episode containing one of the highest rated Doctor speeches, the funny thing is the epic speech he does is just him being played for a fool. The ships above weren't afraid of him or fighting against each other, they were just waiting, his whole speech was just them encouraging his ego and letting him think he was in control.
"You call this a speech? This silly little thing?" I'm just saying.
I love this speech :) but it's because of how funny the cockiness is to me. "Do the smart thing. Let someone else try first." haha!
Kinda like that Taylor Swift music video for "Shake It Off." The song has trumpets, which are super cocky, but the video is her being clumsy. The trumpets make it super funny.
I dunno :)
And damn if i don't love this fact 😂🥰
That's kinda the neat thing though. For the first time, all of the Doctor's enemies have him dead to rights. They finally figured him out enough to finally defeat him. And it's by letting him be the smartest guy in the room. The Doctor, for all his greatness, suffers from a common flaw of great men: His ego. Yeah, most of the time, it works out. And sometimes, he traps himself.
Honestly, I think they still got scared for a moment. Because he's the Doctor. What if he figured out their plan and is already preparing their destruction?
Yes, they have him dead to rights. Yes, it is a perfect trap, with a perfect bait, relying on Doctor's own flaws. Yes, they are all working together.
But he's THE DOCTOR.
Who could forget the daring risk of episode 5x13... the Doctor who episode with 47 minutes of black screen because the universe was destroyed and the series simply ended?!?! lol
it was truly "Modern Art"
"There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior. A nameless terrible thing soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies, the most feared being in all the cosmos." The show has pulled many big twists throughout its long history, but I never fail to be impressed by the revelation that the Pandorica was created by all these monsters to trap the Doctor. Obviously all these monsters would see the Doctor as this terrifying powerful being that would destroy everything they fight for, yet it never really occurs to you until it's finally revealed to you.
I adore this episode. It's probably the best set-up for a finale that we've had, being this big, sprawling epic jammed packed with shocking twists that come along every couple of minutes. The Pandorica Opens is an emotional roller-coaster, managing to fit in some cracking jokes, a couple of scary moments (i.e. the headless Cyberman) and plenty of exhilarating punch-the-air moments before that downer of an ending. Matt Smith is at the top of his game here, with his speech to the assembled aliens being one of the high-points of his tenure, which is contrasted by his shock and desperation as the true goal of the aliens is revealed. The way the script pulls together all the strands set up over the series relating to the cracks and finally pays them off is immensely satisfying.
And the ending of the episode is magnificent. All cliffhangers need to have something go wrong for our heroes, but I don't think there's actually been an ending where everything that could conceivably go wrong goes wrong: Amy is dead, killed by an Auton duplicate of her fiancé in one of the cruellest bait-and-switches of the entire series; River is trapped in the TARDIS by an unknown force that proceeds to blow up the ship, taking the entire universe with it (also kudos to Alex Kingston for managing to convey River's terror, desperation and eventual resignation throughout the sequence); and the Doctor, the only man who has the power to stop the end of the universe, is trapped in an inescapable prison by all his worst enemies in a misguided attempt to save all of creation. All of it set to one of Murray Gold's most beautiful and heartbreaking tracks. It's quite a shocking ending to this fantastic episode, and perfectly sets the stage for the finale. Brace yourselves, this is where it gets complicated...
wow, Moffat is so good at foreshadowing: "warrior", "nameless." There's even the episode called "Let's Kill Hitler," and I don't think most people understand that the point of that episode is to show how the killer views the target - as the actual worst person in all of time and space. The quote you give points to that, too! Not to mention all of the times the Doctor defeats the bad guys (Matt's first episode, in the library, with the executioners) by just saying "look me up" :)
“Did you hear that silence?” Greatest question ever!
Just makes me think of Ghostbusters “listen! Do you smell something?” Lol
This is a popular episode and that Pandorica speech is considered one of the highlights of the entire series.
Ironic thing is it was utterly useless. The speech was based on him misunderstanding the entire point of why they were all there and challenging them to be the first to come down and take it. They were all working together and just laughing at him, playing into his ego.
@@defiante1 The Doctor knows it's kind of pointless though,he says,"That ought to buy us about half an hour." It was just a delaying tactic,so in that respect,it did work.
@@defiante1 Not really. He did it to buy time and he did do that. I don't understand why you thought it was a failure. They were coming down and he spooked them to buy time and they got spooked and he bought time. Not enough time unfortunately but he did buy time (which was his goal).
@@HumanTypewriter Weren't they just waiting for the Pandorica to open? I think they were the ones distracting him from possibly figuring out the box is a trap..
@@FramedSabotage No they were on their way down but he scared them off for a little while.
I love Kat's quick glance to us at 8:18 when Rory is in the shadows and Paula doesn't notice 😆
Sneaky sneaky 😬
@@KatAlysha The most subtle of sneaks
Alex's "I'm sorry my love" kills me every time I hear it.
20:18 “Is this whole season a fabrication?”
No, it’s real. I saw it on the telly.
But it was fabricated by people at BBC Wales.
Rory was turned into a plastic dummy made to look human. Just like Mickey in the first Eccelston episode. He's an Auton.
Before you start season 6 please watch the "space and time" mini-episodes. They are a lot of fun.
The Romans are actually upgraded Autons from the first episode of Nu-Who and classic Who as well.
Rory and the Romans were Auton/Nestien Duplicates. The thing from Rose, season 1 episode 1. The plastic people, they are living plastic not robots. They just removed the cgi that they did with Mickey in that episode because they are meant to be super realistic, which was why back then Rose didn’t notice he was plastic.
This is my favourite Eleven two-parter. The opening to the second part just heightens the mystery, rather than explaining anything, and I think that part two is even better than part one.
6:02:Yes Katrina, they did film this at the real Stonehenge. Filming was quite tricky as you are not allowed to touch the stones nor bring heavy equipment within the stone circle.
They did build a foam henge for the night speech.
I was waiting for this episode, and can't wait till next episode! Paula's reactions to this is so entertaining!
I'm glad that you were able to get this episode. I honestly love the watermark idea, but I suggest that you should use "GG" for Gallifrey Gals.
such a brilliant cliffhanger. easily the best finale set up so far. 10/10. the finale is even better. magical period for the show.
Hope Paula doesn't emotionally disconnect too much! It's way more fun when you believe every cliffhanger. The world has ended and everyone is dead!
6:13 It is one of the most beloved shows in British TV history so I'm sure they let it slide
Cleopatra Queen of the Nile - so of course it's River. Next time she'll show up as Elizabeth Thames.
I prefer her appearance as Mrs. Hippy.
The creepiest part of this episode is when The Doctor is on the phone to River about the Romans being fake, the Romans in the background are looping the same action over and over while no-ones looking.
Rory and the soldiers were Autons. See also the first episode of the Ninth Doctor (Eccelston) and the Third Doctor (pretty sure they were introduced with Pertwee and not Troughton). Holding further potential spoiler comments for later. ;-)
otherwise known as "living plastic" which is all Eccleston really calls them
@@k1productions87 Even if he doesn't say Auton in dialogue (thanks, now I have to bring out the DVD to watch the episode - which is not a bad thing), since they included the store mannequin bit as a homage to their very first appearance in Doctor Who and the hand/gun gimmick, it is very clear to long-time fans that Autons are who he and Rose are up against. 🙂
@@pauld6967 This is true, I was speaking more for Paula's sake, and what word she may more easily associate to them
@@k1productions87 Cool.
@@pauld6967 He does mention the Nesphene Consciousness, which is always the creature controlling the Autons.
Been watching you girls for a little while now. This episode definitely hits all the feels. The way it just DROPS to silence is so good. Can't wait for the next one :D
Great reactions from the Gallifrey Gals and it's so wonderful to see Katrina's knowing glances and Paula's sudden look of realization at what's really happening!
What amazes me is that, no matter how many times we watch these shows and know exactly what is going to happen, we get just as emotional every time! That is what proves how awesome the show really is.
I love seeing people react to this. Best cliffhanger in NuWho by a mile. That final 10 minutes still gives me goosebumps and I've seen it a dozen times xD
For some reason I never picked up on the little moment at 9:20 until you pointed it out.
I love watching Paula's reactions to Doctor Who...She has No idea......xxx....It's almost like watching it all over for the first time
Why do you think The Doctor has companions? So they can relive watching the wonders of the universe through the companions eyes.
She has no idea, but she gets it very quick... Love how her comments are on point almost everytime.
"Did you hear that silence?" Best line ever.
yippy i get to watch your reactions to this episode i was afraid when i tried to watch last night and saw it was blocked by the bbc
Yeah, CBS & BBC have gotten ridiculous over the past couple of weeks.
All the love for you guys!
Really like your reactions Paula and both of your commentary. Really enjoy it
So glad this got unblocked. I watched it on your link thingy, but for whatever reason the video played very slowly and choppy on there. What a cliffhanger! Amy dead, Rory is an Auton, the TARDIS is exploding with River inside it, the Doctor is trapped inside the Pandorica forever and every star in the universe is going supernova at the same moment. All the cliffhangers back in Season Twenty-two of the Classic series where they just zoom in on Colin Baker's face as he says, "Oh, no! Peri!" kind of fade in comparison.
They actually fixed the link about a day before this finally posted.
This and the following episode are among the absolute best of Who, ALL Who.
The faster you can bring a run the better. As soon as I had seen rorys robot hand it immediately made me think back to the scene with Amy trying to get the robot scientist from the Churchill episode to remember his crush.
17:25 Yes.
The Doctor is the one who was there at the dawn of the Daleks, tried to fight their war, ran back across the universe leading them from world to world, as he passed judgement on whole civilizations, drawing the Daleks and Cybermen with him, angering whole species, bringing his enemies with him to Gallifrey which he destroyed in the Time War.
The Doctor is the most insidious and uncaring, self-centered villain in the history of pulp.
Luckily, nothing matters in the Steven Moffat series so get ready to be nonplussed with the lamest dance moves since the Macarena as all of this turns out to be a completely meaningless series of cute poses.
Question to you both...idk if I missed it, but did you guys suddenly decide to stop doing DW for now? Thats the only on I watch and you're getting to the really really good parts ...😉
waited awhile for this one. great 2 parter. both are good emotional ones, happy and sad.
6:06 Stone Hedge? ;)
Saw this on the website but gonna watch it on here now💙💔
Did you hear that silence 😂. Love your reactions. Also like how Paula won't believe any of it.
This episode is actually based on true historic events. Everything actually happened.
Can confirm. I was there.
"Every story ever told really happened. Stories are where memories go when they're forgotten."
so , so much going on in this .... cannot wait for the next..
Cleopatra! Sort of!
And Paula squeaked when Rory showed up!
I’m really looking forward to her reactions from this episode till Day of the Moon. 5 giant episodes in a row!
Paula there are going to be some fun an happy episodes, but I recommend water proof mascara when you watch DW. Even the happy ones might make you cry.
Finally remembered to watch this after it getting unblocked
I love how they brought back the Plastic men from season 1 episode 1 for this episode
The most feared thing in all the Universe....what else could it be...
While of course beauty is highly subjective, thank you for acknowledging the fact that Alex Kingston is ridiculously attractive, classy and sexy (I could tell that's what you meant lol)
Love you two I'm just finishing up doctor who n watching a long with u two has been great I cry with y'all lol btw hope not inappropriate to say but you two are absolutely beautiful .
My favorite two parter of Doctor Who!
Okay kid, this is where it gets complicated...
I have been following you both for awhile now. Huge DW fan and enjoying Paula's reactions. I was wondering, have you both seen Orphan Black? That would be a great reaction series if neither of you have ever seen it. It is not this type of scifi. It was categorized as scifi ,but it's like a combo of scifi, drama, comedy, horror. Crazy awesome but definitely something different but it is has almost a cult following too. Anyway, thanks for the videos!
“I died then turned into a Roman. It’s very distracting.” 😂
such a Rory comment 😂
This was the very first episode of Doctor Who I ever saw and I love it to death. Still remember sitting in class on a rain day when the teacher put this on the projector to keep us occupied, I parked my chair right in front of the screen while most of the class were just talking. After that I jumped back to Series 1 and watched it all the way through to series 5 and eventually dived into the Classic and Wilderness era stuff.
Rewatching it through these reactions really reminds me how good it was and why I loved it so much. I like Rory a lot more where I just thought he was alright before. I think it's the most consistently good part of Moffat's run and benefitted from bringing in a bit more of a story arc to speculate on while mostly following the formula that came before. RTD's era was good but it did feel a bit repetitive how each arc introduced a new set of words to look out for and how a new companion came each season (didn't help that Martha was kind of a rebound companion). The rest of Moffat's run experimented a bit with the series structure splitting it into two parts for Series 6 and 7, and in Capaldi's time the show went back to what it was before and suddenly there was a whole season of multipart stories. I know this was also due to Moffat being split between different shows and not being able to find a successor but I don't think it paid off unfortunately.
I do think Moffat overpromised and couldn't fully deliver on what he sets up in this finale but it's still a great ride, and he fucking nailed it with The Day of the Doctor which was a great culmination of what the RTD era and his own were trying to do.
Interesting irony that you just watched a Star Trek episode contained within the Holodeck, but its when you move onto the Doctor Who episode when you don't know what's real.
Good reaction, but I'm concerned at Paula's luke warm reaction to Moffatts Who. That doesn't bode well for the next 5 seasons.
Yeah. It's especially worrying because I think this is Moffat's best season. I love series 5! However, aside from series 10 being pretty good, all of the other Moffat seasons are ok at best and terrible at worst. So it's pretty much all downhill post S5, imo. It'll be interesting for me to see how Paula will react to what's to come given her somewhat lukewarm response so far.
@@Mrazmatmahmood Each to their own. I prefered seasons 6, 8 & 9 to this one, however I think this one was closer to what had gone before.
I'm not surprised, moffatt is more famous for his complex story arcs and less for character building or emotional payoffs... the RTD era is a simpler time but with a much more emotional punch..
Eh,we all like different things. :-)
Patreon is still down 😥
We are aware! It's something our producer is fighting tooth and nail to get back up for y'all. It is a very stressful situation and I promise we are working hard to fix it!
Oh, Paula is so miffed, lol.
I get when people say "well, I know they're going to be fine", but I always see it as HOW are they going to be fine? And also, it's upsetting seeing these characters we like in this situation, even though we know it's going to work out. It's like (spoilers for infinity war I guess) in infinity war, when they all turned to dust. Some of my family said it didn't have any effect on them as they knew they'd be back, but it had an effect on me dispite knowing that, because hearing the fear in Peter Parkers voice and Tony Starks reaction to losing him was the real emotional blow, not the fact that it was forever. Obviously if it were forever it would be worst, but still. Going on a rant about Marvel is pretty random, but I hope that puts across my point here. Also, just killing time before the finale reaction is uploaded
It's been so long since we saw Autons and the Nestene Consciousness on Doctor Who (since S1E1) that it took me years to realize that's what Rory was in this episode.
autons are so underused in dw
Eli Tuchinsky I was just thinking about this after watching the classic episodes with them. They’re terrifying. And versatile, as this episode illustrates.
I completely missed that that's what the Romans where the first couple times around.
when doc pushes rory, uou can hear a plastic creaking sound
the best monologue in who history and smith easily has the top 3 sewn up even without this one. loved that he is the most feared being in the cosmos.
Wikipedia: Pandora opened a jar left in her care containing sickness, death and many other unspecified evils which were then released into the world. Though she hastened to close the container, only one thing was left behind - Hope.
5x12: Once the Pandorica opens all hope seems lost, but there's one thing inside - The Doctor.
I never make that connection 😮
Great episode, it wouldn't be DW without the world ending. That would be one heck of a guest role if they got Daniel Radcliffe in the next episode lol.
"Why your life make no sense, a big empty house" my thoughts, the crack took away her parents. And then gasped, as how I never thought that till now
Hopefully they have already recorded the next episode because that is a spoiler for next time (the episode mentions what you are talking about).
It's a season-long public service message, stay off crack.
I wonder if Paula remembered my question about her and the Roman Centurian as she watched this.
I loved this episode but I was a little surprised when the next episode opened with Patrick Duffy daydreaming in the shower.
You were so busy talking about Jack as if he's the only time agent ever, that you missed the joke where blue guy goes "I said OFF the wrist!"
It's confirmed (via WoG) that basically every time-agent associated thing River has belonged to Jack first. That's his damn Squareness Gun she's using to scare romans here. It's almost certainly his vortex manipulator.
"Blink"established wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey, but "The Pandorica Opens" completely sealed that deal.
Just had to watch.
Silence will fall....
Well! The android Rory killed Amy. River was killed when the TARDIS exploded and the Doctor was trapped in the Pandorica. It's over. It's all over. By the way Amy, ooops" sorry I ment Paula. They start filming Series 13 of Doctor Who in September. Have you ever thought of writing to Chris Chibnall at the BBC, give him your details and things you have been in and asked him to consider you if they need a young American Woman?
Rory wasn’t an Android. He was an Auton (Living Plastic) like mickey in series 1.
@@angrytardis6776 I admit I couldn't remember the name Auton. So I used android instead.
S**T just got real, folks!
It`s Stone Henge, not Hedge.
I missed you guys.
The alliance wants to save reality, but last season the daleks had the bomb to destroy reality
Only noticed the 'FAIR USE' 8 minutes into the video and if that has been in the other videos then it is really suttle.
It hasn't. Only with the latest episode of each reaction series.
The Pandorica Speech...not really the biggest bluff. With The Doctor, there's ALWAYS that chance he'll make good on even a universe shaking threat and they are NOT wanting to take that chance. :)
I'm nitpicking I guess but I never liked how the crack in time was supposed to erase people entirely from history when really all it did was erase memories of them. Everything in the universe carried on the same way as if they had existed up to that point.
How could you skip “And then...aaand theeen!»
i believe Doctor who has damage Paula's mind for to many use of mind blowing events...
So no, technically they do not go backwards in time and fix it, they go forwards.
Did 10 set Jack up? Did Alonso to 'murder' him and sell his time vortex manipulator-wearing wrist to this blue guy?
That poor guy. On his first day too. Sad.
The one big takeaway from this episode to me, is just how absolutely reckless and arrogant the Time Lords were - to make and use technology that, if malfunctioned or damaged, had the potential to erase all of existence - even a lesser issue could easily cause irreparable damage to other people or themselves. It's like they're driving around nuclear-powered cars... but infinitely worse.
Ya don’t get much more wibbly than this. Oh wait, yes you do. 😎
I don't mind saying this because I'm so late the reaction, but I think Amy was created to make River so that she would kill the doctor.
6.04 ... stone hedge... hedge.... really?😂
You do realise that the Roman robots are actually Autons from Christopher Eccleston's first story Rose.
I'm a little upset they cut off the Doctors speech. But oh well.
Ah yes, the ol' Patreon tempter.
And Rory's joke "-I don't want to be rude, but you died! -Yes, I was there..."
If we're being honest here, it's about trying to edit certain things out because of it being blocked. Sometimes certain scenes are what trigger the block by the bots and if we remove it, we can go live with it again. So I hope you can understand!
Well I get a notification when you put up a new video, but not when you are unblocked.
Cool.
Listen De-Ming-the-merciless is there ANY fucking chance you can pipe down a bit at the important scenes? All we ever here is 10,000 fucking questions - what? who? why? what's happening? up? down? left? right? A? B? C? Start? North or south east or west, the quest to save the land from De-ming-the-merciless goes by!!
The first time I tried to watch, you were blocked -- and I said, "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" But I'm glad you got it worked out. VERY MUCH looking forward to your reactions to the next episode. For me, it's like seeing it with new eyes. BUT -- I do NOT understand why you gals are wasting your time on dreck like STAR TREK: THE NEXT REGURGITATION. There are so many better shows that deserve your attention. Like, I'd bet that neither of you have seen the original run of THE PRISONER or the two seasons of THE AVENGERS that featured Disna Rigg as Mrs. Emma Peel. Even ENTERPRISE would be better. (Seriously, MUCH better). And I won't even mention FARSCAPE (see what I did there?).
They are autons the plastic from ROSE episodes the same plastic creatures
Please, girls, add Polish subtitles, I like your films very much
Don't waste time trying to figure out this season's plot. It doesn't work.
I hate how absolutely meaningless everything is/was in Moffat's series.
Great ideas, terrible writer.
No, not a mercenary (although it's a fair comparison). River is an archaeologist - so more like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft.
Or Han Solo
Nathan drake maybe? Never played the games
@@galonski64 Yep, totally slipped my mind. Should be included if only for the amount of shooting he does.
Her outfit in this episode does seem inspired by both Han Solo and Princess Leia in Empire Strikes Back.
Someone can be mercenary without being *a* mercenary.
Why is it black and white 😡
Should re-title this... "FAIR USE" :-p